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Sunday, August 22, 2010

In My Mailbox

Ah, time to talk about the books I got this week. Again with thanks to the Story Siren for hosting this meme. And I always love to talk about the books I get during the week.

1. Personal Demons by Lisa Desrochers.Yes, I talked about this all week. Frannie Cavanaugh is a good Catholic girl with a wicked streak. She's spent years keeping everyone at a distance and it seems her senior year will be more of the same...until Luc Cain enrolls in her class. No one knows where he came from, but Frannie can't seem to stay away from him. What she doesn't know is that Luc works in Acquisitions--for Hell--and she possesses a unique skill set that has the king of Hell tingling with anticipation. All Luc has to do is get her to sin, and he's as tempting as they come. Frannie doesn't stand a chance. Unfortunately for Luc, Heaven has other plans, and the angel, Gabe, is going to do whatever it takes to make sure that Luc doesn't get what he came for. And it isn't long before they find themselves fighting for more than just her soul. But if Luc fails, there will be Hell to pay...for all of them.

AND she's coming to Kepler's October 4th!

2. The Book of Spells by Kate BrianA Private prequel that tells the true origins of Billings House!

3. The Monstrumologist by Rick YancyWill Henry is anorphan and assistant to a doctor with a most unusual specialty: monster hunting. In the short time he has lived with the doctor, Will has grown accustomed to his late night callers and dangerous business. But when one visitor comes with the body of a young girl and the monster that was eating her, Will's world is about to change forever. The doctor has discovered a baby Anthropophagus--a headless monster that feeds through a mouth in its chest--and it signals a growing number of Anthropophagi. Now, Will and the doctor must face the horror threatenning to overtake and consume our world before it is too late. 4. The Curse of the Wendigo by Rick YancyWhile attempting to disprove that Homo vampiris, the vampire, could exist, Dr. Warthrop is asked by his former fiancÉ to rescue her husband from the Wendigo, a creature that starves even as it gorges itself on human flesh, which has snatched him in the Canadian wilderness. Although Warthrop also considers the Wendigo to be fictitious, he relents and rescues her husband from death and starvation, and then sees the man transform into a Wendigo. Can the doctor and Will Henry hunt down the ultimate predator, who, like the legendary vampire, is neither living nor dead, whose hunger for human flesh is never satisfied? This second book in The Monstrumologist series explores the line between myth and reality, love and hate, genius and madness.

And he's coming to Kepler's October 15th.

5. Birthmarked by Caragh O'BrienThis came very highly recommended by a friend and yes, I'll admit it, I've already finished it. Very very good - dramatic, compulsive, and incredibly well written. A dystopia that is sticking with me, leaving me waiting impatiently for the sequel. (Oh, I hope she writes quickly...) Review probably tomorrow.